New Cornish Jack (Mormyrops anguilloides)

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i bought this little guy last week. he is about 4" and awesome! he eats live tubies, bloodworms, massivore, krill, and shrimp. but i can't hardly find any information about him. what i have read has mixed opinions about tankmates, mine is with a bunch of other fish in a 40 and is doing fine so far. i also read that they grow slooooooow, like 1" a year :( the tank hes in now is 82f and around 6.8pH.
i would really like to hear about anyones personal experience and any information they might have. especially anything having to do with increasing that pathetic growth rate.
thanks

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i guess it'll be a while before you have a 5 foot fish to take care of :D
 
Wiggles92;5047184; said:
Live prey always seems to make some fishes grow faster, so maybe try having small feeders that have been quarantined and gut-loaded in its aquarium at all times.
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really? it seems to me fish that are fed prepared foods grow faster and are healthier. he loves massivore, and eats more of that than anything else. also, hes in with 3 pb, so feeders would not be an option.
im really hoping someone will chime in with "what? mine grew waaaay faster than that!" :)
 
I used to have this fish and acts like an aba aba knifefish. With same temperment, eating habit and how it bites. Mine jumped out though but survived and developed a fungus on the skin and slowly died. They get aggressive as they grow and likes to attack the owner. So be careful when cleaning the tank when it grow. Usually the aggressive side show at around 12". Mine died at 18". Very cool fish to have you should watch blue planet dvd and it show a pack of large cornish jack hunting sleeping cichlids at night.
 
King-eL;5048593; said:
I used to have this fish and acts like an aba aba knifefish. With same temperment, eating habit and how it bites. Mine jumped out though but survived and developed a fungus on the skin and slowly died. They get aggressive as they grow and likes to attack the owner. So be careful when cleaning the tank when it grow. Usually the aggressive side show at around 12". Mine died at 18". Very cool fish to have you should watch blue planet dvd and it show a pack of large cornish jack hunting sleeping cichlids at night.
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how big was yours when you got it and how fast did it grow???
 
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